JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former senator from Ohio who was tapped as presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate this summer, grew up in Middletown, Ohio, as he details in his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ."

"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to Netflix in 2020. Directed by Ron Howard, it stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Vance's character is played by Gabriel Basso. Owen Asztalos also plays the younger version of him.

JD Vance - the 40-year-old junior Ohio senator raised by his grandmother in a childhood marked by poverty and substance abuse - will rise to be a heartbeat away from the US presidency.

Many are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments, but others feel lingering embarrassment over his unflattering portrayal of Middletown in “ Hillbilly Elegy,” trepidation about

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a country located on the outer

Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.

He spoke about his book and his nonprofit in 2016 and 2017, as well as about how he thought the problems facing Ohio could be solved. His memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," made him a name in Ohio and ...

JD Vance was sworn in as vice president, the culmination of a rapid political rise that propelled him to a heartbeat away from the presidency.

In "Hillbilly Elegy," he wrote that Chilukuri Vance was ... "recognizes the frustration that exists in large parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and so forth." Come 2020, Vance ...

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As the new season of his spy thriller The Night Agent is now streaming on Netflix, the show's lead actor, Gabriel Basso, shared his feelings on playing young JD Vance in his 2020 biopic. He also recalled their conversation ahead of the film's shoot.

Glen Close played JD Vance's grandmother on "Hillbilly Elegy," but here is what she had to say about the Vance family's time on the film's set.